The recipes will all be placed online on the Flint Farmers' Market web site.

Sean Gartland, executive chef at the Flint Farmers' Market, represented Mexico at the Market and Beirut Kitchen in the Taste. Their chefs gave him their recipes and ingredients, while they stayed at their booths to care for the loads of customers they were still getting.

At the old Flint Farmers' Market on E. Boulevard, the Taste of the Market was outside under a tent. This year, it was in one of the market's new demonstration kitchens.

"Now we have a full range of possibilities. With refrigeration and water, you can cook a full meal in here and show a full recipe rather than something you have to toss together for an outside venue," Gartland said.

The Taste event usually attracts a couple hundred attendees, said Marissa Pierce, marketing coordinator for Dort Federal Credit Union, which has sponsored the event for the past seven years. She said the first demonstration alone attracted more than 100 attendees, with the new market bringing in a bigger audience.

"It's a great program because it gives a chance for the chefs, restaurant owners and vendors in the market to get out and be amongst the people so they can see what kind of food they have," Pierce said. "If you can sample, they'll have a patron for life if they really enjoy it."

The market's grand opening had one cooking demonstration, but the Taste of the Market was the first full event in the demonstration cooking. Each day at the market--Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday--will have one cooking demonstration in the kitchen for the rest of the summer.

Gartland said the kitchen is a good place for him to hold demonstrations that tie the market's seasonal produce and ingredients into recipes and techniques to show the usage of them in the market.

The kitchen will also be offered with the kitchen's community room, which can be rented out. Gartland said the kitchen can be used to stage buffets for events, and that area chefs can rent the kitchen for cooking classes.

"We have a full range of possibilities," Gartland said.

Flint resident Ja-Neen Wooten visited the old Flint Farmers' Market about six times a year, but she has gone to the new location twice so far. She sampled the chicken salad, the hummus, and the pico de gallo on Saturday, after having visited Beirut Kitchen and Mexico at the Market before. Nate's Wings was on her list for Saturday.

"Watching them bring the ingredients in from around the market is a good idea, because that'll make me venture out to get stuff," she said.

Wooten added that she was "in love" with the market, especially since it's within walking distance of her home.

"I live right up the street, so this is perfect," she said. "A lot of the newer restaurants are exciting, and the meeting places so you can sit and talk to people. I love it."